IRA mural in Ballycolman, Strabane showing a volunteer with raised fist against Starry Plough, Tricolour, and a rising sun.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00646
We Will Meet Force With Force
physical force
As Much Freedom As She Wants
P[atrick] H[enry] Pearse: “Ireland unarmed will attain just as much freedom as it is convenient for England to give her; Ireland armed will attain just as much freedom as she wants.” Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00691
Repatriation For Irish POW
The words “repatriation for Irish POW” were later added to this mural in Ballycolman, Strabane. But the prisoner in question, perhaps shown in the centre of the flag and in close-up in the second image, is unknown.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00679 M00680
The Supreme Sacrifice
‘In proud memory of our fallen West Tyrone volunteers, 1916-1989. Tıocfaıdh ár lá. Those who have made the supreme sacrifice – their memory will never fade.” Jim McNally, Sean Sharkey, Charles McCafferty, John J. Kelly, Tobias Molloy, Eugene Devlin, Seamus Harvey, Gerald McGlynn, Jim McGinn, Patrick Cannon, Peter McElcar, Charles Breslin, Michael Devine, David Devine, Josie Connolly. With an oddly-shaped arrangement of shamrocks between two rifles and the sunburst and tricolour flags.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00669
Ireland Unfree Shall Never Be At Peace
Silhouette of a republican paramilitary holding a Thompson sub-machine-gun, attempting to win freedom for a tricoloured Ireland encircled by barbed wire. Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00645
Support The Prisoners/Hunger Strike
A two-panel wall in Ballycolman, Strabane. On one side, a prison guard looms over a blanket man; on the other, the names and dates of death of the 1981 hunger strikers: Bobby Sands MP 5th May, Francies Hughes 12th May, Raymond McCreesh 21st May, Patsy O’Hara 21st May, Joe McDonnell 8th July, Martin Hurson 13th July, Kevin Lynch 1st Aug, Kieran Doherty TD 2nd Aug, Tom McElwee 8th Aug, Mickey Devine 20th Aug.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00681
Join The Irish Republican Army
Looking down the barrel of an IRA gun.
Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00647
A Message To Our Enemies
“And finally a message to our enemies: it is not just an army you face but the might of a people sworn and determined to be free.” IRA volunteers in camouflage and balaclavas scout a target.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00643
Provisionals
Fourth of four in a row in Ballycolman, Strabane (just out of shot is an “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” panel). It shows a silhouette of a cluster of four IRA men bearing rifles and machine-guns.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00657
Stop Extradition
A prisoner is menaced by shadows. “No justice for Irish people in British courts – Stop extradition.” Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00685
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